LAST UPDATE | 13 Sep 2025

GOOD MORNING. Here’s all the news to know as you start your day.

Irish business links to the IDF

1. In our lead story this morning, Conor O’Carroll reports that an Irish aircraft leasing company is set to buy 20 planes from an Israeli weapons supplier linked to the Gaza war.

State-owned Israel Aerospace Industries has close ties with the Israeli Defence Forces and is selling converted planes to Irish-based AerCap.

Charlie Kirk

2. The suspect in the Charlie Kirk shooting is now in custody, the Governor of Utah Spencer Cox and the FBI have confirmed in a live press conference this evening.

Here’s everything we know about the suspect and the ongoing investigation.

Jim Gavin

3. We have two pieces this morning about Jim Gavin, the latest confirmed candidate running for president.

Jane Matthews looks at whether the famously quiet Dubliner can open himself up enough to the public to win the presidency – and Niall O’Connor looks back at his military career, including a surprise crossover with the man who would pick him to run for Fianna Fáil.

Race for the Áras

4. Staying with the presidential race, there was no joy for would-be candidates Gareth Sheridan or Maria Steen as Fingal County Council ruled out giving its backing to either yesterday evening.

Hamas

5. In the Middle East, Hamas has said that its chief negotiator in the Gaza truce talks, Khalil al-Hayya, survived the unprecedented Israeli strike on the militant group’s compound in Doha earlier this week.

Dundrum House

6. The Dáil’s Public Accounts Committee has been urged to examine the operation of a multi-million euro contract for an international protection centre in Co Tipperary.

Cyclist deaths

7. Cyclists have died in separate incidents, one following a hit-and-run in Co Meath and another in a collision outside Carlow town.

Emigration

8. A young Irish woman living in Paris describes how living abroad has given her freedoms she wouldn’t have been able to find in Ireland.

Bronze for Offaly boxer

9. Offaly woman Grainne Walsh will come home from the World Boxing Championships with a bronze medal for Team Ireland after a bout in Liverpool last night.